


Discrimination based on same-sex marriage constitutes discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Five years ago, Donna's second husband had some bad news.
"He told me I had to move out," she recalls, "so he could move his girlfriend in." Donna didn't think there could be a third chance at love.
The 52-year-old grandmother of one moved to Seattle resigned to forget about romance and seek contentment in the company of family and friends.
Two years later, Donna's friend introduced her to Prime Singles.net, a personals website for the 50-plus crowd, saying, "Even if you don't meet a guy, the women are so much fun.
The Washington Supreme Court has dealt another blow to Christian grandma florist Barronelle Stutzman by ruling on Thursday that she violated state law when she declined to make floral arrangements for a same-sex wedding.
As previously reported, Stutzman, the owner of Arlene's Flowers in Richland, Washington, was sued in 2013 by Rob Ingersoll and Curt Freed, who were backed by the American Civil Liberties Union, after she told them she wouldn't provide services for their marriage ceremony.
Over at Match.com, new membership numbers are skyrocketing in the 50-plus category — which shows a 300 percent jump from year 2000.
This rapid-fire growth may be attributed to the overall increase in the number of 50-plus singles over the past three decades: Twenty-nine percent of adults ages 45-59 are now single compared to 19 percent in 1980, reports the Census Bureau.
You'll have a blast in the chat rooms." Prime Singles caters to some 38,000 grandparents looking for love.
"Most are divorced, followed by the widowed, and a small percentage who never married," says Gail Laguna, vice president of corporate communications for Prime Singles' parent company, Spark Networks.